The way it puts its backside to the street, yeah, the city will fight that, there is a lot of upset with how the shops near the Container Store put the lifeless side to France. I’m convinced the city won’t let anything that bad happen here at this important corner. I want something at the corner, bu...

Without ground floor commercial I can see the neighborhood resisting this hard.

Maybe the city could ask the developers if the city granted them approval to go right up to the property line, no moronic side yard setbacks, if they could come back with corner retail at Marshall and Broadway.

Aeon proposes 100 units, 1 level underground parking, bike storage. Only 28 units at market rate, rest below market. http://www.startribune.com/aeon-envisions-affordable-apartments-near-u-s-bank-stadium/439506393/ From the images it looks like it’s being built such that it won’t block off a future r...

From following P.L.A.C.E. Through their project page I think all that is starting is demo and site clean up since they have funding to do exactly that. There was no reason for the city to force them to delay doing everything like the paid for clean up even though other funding sources for constructi...

Yeah it belongs in this thread. As people’s appetite for 30-45 min commutes grows towns as far out as Waconia become “suburbs” as far as they are bedroom commuters for business along the 494/694 belt. Wish there was a plan to preserve their character and not easily let them bloat with monstrous lot ...